[Lion Confronted by a Pack of Sheep] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Lion Confronted by a Pack of Sheep]
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Germany; Europe
Description: A lion is confronted by three sheep. The three sheep carry in age, inferred from their difference in horn stature. The lion has a long beard style mane, and is standing above the remains of another sheep. All of the animals appear aggressive except for the smallest sheep. The lion is on the left side of the image and the sheep are on the right side.
Type: StillImage; Woodcuts
Identifier: mta:28955
Language: gmh
Parent Collection: 1479 Augsburg; 1479 Augsburg
Image: mta_28955_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Lions; Sheep; Animal carcasses